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Understanding how digestive organs develop, their physiology and structure is important for determining new therapies to combat diseases of the digestive organs. Development, Differentiation, and Disease of the Luminal Gastrointestinal Tract reviews the latest research and developments in this field.

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Author:   Klaus Kaestner (Institute of Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, PA, USA) ,  Charles.A Lunn
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Volume:   96
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9780123812803

ISBN 10:   0123812801
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   14 December 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Molecular regulation of vertebrate early endoderm development. Kim Tremblay Making boundaries: Separating intestine from stomach Deborah Gumucio Molecular Determinants of the Esophageal Epithelium Cdx genes, inflammation and the pathogenesis of Barrett's metaplasia. John Lynch Differentiation of the gastric mucosa Jason Mills Gastric Cancer Stem Cell Ramesh Shivdasani Oxyntic Atrophy and Gastric Cancer Jim Goldenring Sonic hedgehog in gastric physiology and neoplastic transformation: friend or foe? Juanita Merchant The Intestinal Stem Cell Calvin Kuo The role of the basement membrane as a modulator of intestinal epithelial-mesenchymal interactions Michele Kedinger Differentiation of Enteroendocrine Cells Andrew Leiter Controlling gene expression in the intestinal epithelium David Breault Inflammatory Bowel Disease, dysplacia and CRC Deborah Rubin Transcriptional Control of Exocrine Pancreas Development Ray MacDonald Molecular Basis of Pancreatic Cancer Ben Stanger Determinants of early liver development Klaus Kaestner Development of the Biliary Tree Frederic LeMaigre Transcriptional Control of Hepatic Differentiation Steve Duncan Fibrosis in the Liver: Acute protection and chronic disease Scott Friedman Adult Hepatic Progenitor Cells Bryon Petersen Molecular Determinants of Liver Zonation Sabine Colnot Signaling Pathways in Liver Development and Maintenance Satdarshan (Paul) Monga Cascades of transcription regulation during liver regeneration Michelle BARTON The Molecular Basis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Peter Schirmacher

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PRAISE FOR THE SERIES Full of interest not only for the molecular biologist--for whom the numerous references will be invaluable--but will also appeal to a much wider circle of biologists, and in fact to all those who are concerned with the living cell. --British Medical Journal

PRAISE FOR THE SERIES Full of interest not only for the molecular biologist--for whom the numerous references will be invaluable--but will also appeal to a much wider circle of biologists, and in fact to all those who are concerned with the living cell. --British Medical Journal

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